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As a parent one has given the beat there is no doubt about it. As kids they are beginning to change and act as parents in their own right. One can only bless them on their way. Many can relate to this Marge!

Ah, this is just perfect, Margaret. The timing coincides with me having to say goodbye again to my daughters who return to their university town on Sunday. The mother's voice is so tender and obviously personal, but it taps into shared experience in a very moving way. I loved your imagery throughout - your visualization is very much part of your poetic voice.

Also, of all the many beautiful photos you have shared, this is particularly spectacular. Thank you for participating in the challenge.

Hey Margaret--it is lovely to think of releasing children for flight like birds or bird song--and they do wing back, hopefully--you describe that poignancy very well, and very sweetly. All best to you and them. K.

You are right, Magaret. Those little birds will return. But not for good. Our daughters, one married in the summer she graduated, the other before she graduated and now 30-some years she is still working at graduating. Also, though, she is still married. The boys, three, were more independent. Mrs. Jim's rule is "If it leaves or dies it can't come back and we won't replace it,". Goes for me too...

My cellar and garage were the original template.for storage facilities across the state. I leave an abandoned tote of forgotten bounty high on a cobweb draped shelf knowing one day they will return and the words, "Hey dad, you don't by any chance still have my ______ collection do you?" Time and space will come together in a pair of smiles....Thank you for the reminder.

Palm a poem as if fragile even if the words are bold. Let them sink into your skin as if moonlight, let them flow through your veins until they become ordinary - for only then will we know they nourished.

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"What should I say about your tendency to doubt your struggle or to harmonize your inner and outer life? My wish is ever strong that you find enough patience within you and enough simplicity to have faith. May you gain more and more trust in what is challenging, and confidence in the solitude you bear. Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right in any case." (Rainer Maria Rilke) Furnborg, Jonsered, Sweden, November 4, 1904 Letters to a Young Poet